Monday, September 29, 2008
Mark 8
Welcome to Mark 8! Chapter 8 is the halfway point in the gospel. There are lots of great things to comment on in the chapter. I look forward to reading your thoughts. I especially love the opening interaction between Jesus and the disciples. After feeding the 5000, and then 4000, the disciples seem perplexed at how to stretch one loaf of bread between them. As much as I would like to mock the disciples, I think we often do the same thing. The Lord will bless us with a great financial gift for our ministry, yet moments later it seems we will worry about support. This is true of our personal finances as well. I'm sure there are times Jesus looks at us and says, "Don't you understand yet?" (Mark 8:21)
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These are such powerful passages, that the followers saw miracles and yet did not comprehend Jesus' ability to meet every need. We are not different from them. Think about the "little miracles" that occur on a regular basis in our lives - those small but important events that demonstrate GOD's provision for us. How often do we ascribe to serendipity those times when we find that item we need but can't afford in an unexpected clearance sale or that neighbor that shows up with fresh veggies from their garden when we don't have enough grocery money? GOD will provide for our every need. One of my favorite passages is Matthew 6:25-34. Check it out!
I love that passage as well. It's especially pertinent right now as people worry about the economy.
Something I've always wondered about...why do the disciples respond that the crowds say Jesus is John the Baptist? They were contemporaries, so the crowds would have had the opportunity to see the two of them within the same time frame, and in some cases would have seen them physically together. That's like saying people thought Elvis and his cousin Jerry Lee Lewis were the same person. I don't get it.
I think the crowd thought Jesus was John the Bapist because Jesus didn't start his public ministry till after John went to jail(Mk.1:14) And their ministries were similar.
Hmmm...that does make sense...I always forget that HE didn't go public right away. Thanks for the clarification.
What gets me is that the apostles keep thinking in the box, when they have seen with their own eyes that Christ was an out of the box kinda guy.
I couldn't believe that somebody tried to rebuke (if I understand the definition correctly.) Christ. Christ continues to show us that HE is the man, and always will be.
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